Fortress of Santo Amaro da Barra Grande ranks #8,164 of 9,040 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #40 of the 78 mapped in Brazil. 4 more atlas landmarks stand within 25 km. See how Brazil compares in the castle statistics.
The Fortress of Santo Amaro da Barra Grande, also referred to as Fortaleza de São Miguel, Fortaleza da Praia Grande and Fortaleza da Barra Grande, is located to the south-east on the island of Santo Amaro, between Góis beach and Santa Cruz dos Navegantes beach, overlooking the Barra Grande, the access channel to the port of the town (today city) of Santos, in the present-day municipality of Guarujá, on the coast of the Brazilian state of São Paulo.
Machine-translated from “Fortaleza de Santo Amaro da Barra Grande” on the Portuguese Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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